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SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ON THE WEB

Name Description/Focus User count Registration
43 Things Tagging &&&&&&&&01007433.&&&&001,007,433[1] Open
Advogato Free Software and Open Source developers &&&&&&&&&&011000.&&&&0011,000[2] Open
Amina - Chechen Republic Online Chechens &&&&&&&&&&&03500.&&&&003,500+[3] Open
aSmallWorld European jet set and social elite &&&&&&&&&0150000.&&&&00150,000[4] Invite-only
Bebo Schools and colleges &&&&&&&034000000.&&&&0034,000,000[5] Open
BlackPlanet.com African-Americans &&&&&&&016000000.&&&&0016,000,000[6] Open
Blue Dot Link sharing &&&&&&&&&&080000.&&&&0080,000[7] Open
Bolt General (music and video) &&&&&&&&04000000.&&&&004,000,000[8] Open
Broadcaster.com Video sharing and webcam chat &&&&&&&026000000.&&&&0026,000,000[9] Open
Buzznet Music and pop-culture &&&&&&&&&0500000.&&&&00500,000+[10] Open
CarDomain Car enthusiasts &&&&&&&&01600000.&&&&001,600,000[11] Open
Care2 Green living and activism &&&&&&&&07151375.&&&&007,151,375[12] Open
Classmates.com School, college, work and the military &&&&&&&040000000.&&&&0040,000,000[13] Open
Consumating "Consumeetings" &&&&&&&&&&021000.&&&&0021,000[14] Open
Couchsurfing "Couchsurfing" &&&&&&&&&0192000.&&&&00192,000[15] Open
Cyworld Young South Koreans &&&&&&&015000000.&&&&0015,000,000[16] Open
Dandelife Collective narratives or "shared biographies" &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown Open
DeadJournal "Dark" blogs, based on LiveJournal &&&&&&&&&0490310.&&&&00490,310[17] By invite or payment (OpenID)
Dodgeball.com Mobile location-based service, owned by Google &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[18] Open
DontStayIn Clubbing (primarily UK) &&&&&&&&&0235000.&&&&00235,000+[19] Open
Doostang Careers &&&&&&&&&&053000.&&&&0053,000[20] Invite-only
Ecademy Business &&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000[21] Open
eSPIN Teens &&&&&&&&04400000.&&&&004,400,000[22] Open
Facebook Started for colleges, then high schools, and now everyone. &&&&&&&034000000.&&&&0034,000,000[23] Open
Faceparty British teens and 20-somethings &&&&&&&&05900000.&&&&005,900,000[24] Open to people 16 and older.
Flickr Photo sharing &&&&&&&&04000000.&&&&004,000,000[25] Open (Yahoo! login)
Flirtomatic Flirting/Dating &&&&&&&&&0265000.&&&&00265,000[26] Open to people 18 and older.
Fotki Photo sharing &&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000[27] Open
Friends Reunited School, college, work, sport and streets &&&&&&&012000000.&&&&0012,000,000[28] Open
Friendster General &&&&&&&029100000.&&&&0029,100,000[29] Open
Frühstückstreff General &&&&&&&&&&011600.&&&&0011,600[30] Open
Gaia Online Anime and Games &&&&&&&&07000000.&&&&007,000,000[31] Open
Geni.com Families, genealogy &&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000[32] Open
GoPets Virtual pets &&&&&&&&&0400000.&&&&00400,000[33] Open
Graduates.com School, college, and work &&&&&&&&&0650000.&&&&00650,000[34] Open
Grono.net Poland &&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000[35] Invite-only
Hi5 General &&&&&&&050000000.&&&&0050,000,000[36] Open
Hyves General Dutch social networking website. &&&&&&&&03266581.&&&&003,266,581[37] Open
imeem Instant messaging &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[38] Open
     
Infield Parking United States NASCAR fans &&&&&&&&&&036000.&&&&0036,000[39] Open
IRC-Galleria Finland &&&&&&&&&0400000.&&&&00400,000[40] Open
iWiW Hungary &&&&&&&&01500000.&&&&001,500,000[41] Invite only
Joga Bonito Football (soccer) &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown Open
Last.fm Music &&&&&&&015000000.&&&&0015,000,000[42] Open
LibraryThing Book lovers &&&&&&&&&0214425.&&&&00214,425[43] Open
LinkedIn Business &&&&&&&011000000.&&&&0011,000,000[44] Open
LiveJournal Blogging &&&&&&&012900000.&&&&0012,900,000[45] Open (OpenID)
LunarStorm Sweden &&&&&&&&01200000.&&&&001,200,000[46] Open
MEETin General &&&&&&&&&&072000.&&&&0072,000[47] Open
Meetup.com General &&&&&&&&02000000.&&&&002,000,000[48] Open
MiGente.com Latinos &&&&&&&&03600000.&&&&003,600,000[49] Open
Mixi Japan &&&&&&&&09830000.&&&&009,830,000[50] Invite-only
MOG Music &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown Open
Multiply "Real world" relationships &&&&&&&&05000000.&&&&005,000,000[51] Open
My Opera Community General (blogs, photo albums, forums, groups, etc.) &&&&&&&&&0834753.&&&&00834,753[52] Open
MySpace General &&&&&&0182000000.&&&&00182,000,000[53] Open
myYearbook General &&&&&&&&&0950000.&&&&00950,000[54] Open
Netlog European young adults (14-24). Formerly known as Facebox. &&&&&&&018000000.&&&&0018,000,000[55] Open
Nexopia Canada &&&&&&&&01019372.&&&&001,019,372[56] Open
orkut Owned by Google &&&&&&&057431788.&&&&0057,431,788[57] Open (Google login)
OUTeverywhere Gay &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown Open
Passado General &&&&&&&&04700000.&&&&004,700,000[58] Open
Piczo Teenagers, Canadians, photo sharing &&&&&&&010000000.&&&&0010,000,000[59] Open
Playahead Swedish teenagers &&&&&&&&&0530000.&&&&00530,000[60] Open
ProfileHeaven British teens &&&&&&&&&0100000.&&&&00100,000[61] Open
RateItAll Consumer ratings + social networking &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[62] Open
Reunion.com Locating friends and family, keeping in touch &&&&&&&028000000.&&&&0028,000,000[63] Open
Ryze Business &&&&&&&&&0250000.&&&&00250,000[64] Open
Searchles Social Search + Social Networking ( hybrid ) 0Expression error: Unrecognised word "unknown".0Expression error: Unrecognised word "unknown"unknown[65] Open
Sconex American high schools &&&&&&&&&0500000.&&&&00500,000[66] Open
Shelfari Online community for book lovers &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown Open
Soundpedia Web 2.0 based music community &&&&&&&&01500000.&&&&001,500,000[67] Open
Sportsvite Recreational Sports &&&&&&&&&&018000.&&&&0018,000[68] Open
Studivz University students, mostly in the German-speaking countries &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown Open
Stumbleupon Websurfing &&&&&&&&01200000.&&&&001,200,000[69] Open
TagWorld General (tagging) &&&&&&&&01850692.&&&&001,850,692[70] Open
TakingITGlobal Social action &&&&&&&&&0145000.&&&&00145,000[71] Open
The Doll Palace Cartoon dolls and dress up games &&&&&&&&02500000.&&&&002,500,000[72] Open
The Student Center Teens and colleges &&&&&&&&&0800000.&&&&00800,000[73] Open
Threadless Custom T-shirts &&&&&&&&&0364474.&&&&00364,474 Open
TravBuddy.com Travel &&&&&&&&&0420000.&&&&00420,000[74] Open
Travellerspoint Travel &&&&&&&&&&090000.&&&&0090,000[75] Open
Tribe.net General &&&&&&&&&0602876.&&&&00602,876 [76] Open
Twitter Update friends with your status through SMS, IM, web interfaces &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[77] Open
Vampire Freaks Gothic industrial culture &&&&&&&&01020500.&&&&001,020,500[78] Open
Vox Blogging &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown Open
WAYN Travel & Lifestyle &&&&&&&&08000000.&&&&008,000,000[79] Open to people 18 and older
WebBiographies Genealogy & Biography &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000&&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[80] Open
Xanga Blogs and "metro" areas &&&&&&&040000000.&&&&0040,000,000[81] Open
XING Business &&&&&&&&02000000.&&&&002,000,000[82] Open
Xuqa Colleges &&&&&&&&01000000.&&&&001,000,000[83] Open
Yahoo! 360° Linked to Yahoo! IDs &&&&&&&&04700000.&&&&004,700,000[84] Open to people 18 and older
(Yahoo! login)
Yelp United States adults &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown Open
Zaadz Social consciousness &&&&&&&&&&076474.&&&&0076,474[85] Open
Zooomr Universal Photo Sharing &&&&&&&&&&&&&&-1.1000000Unknown[86] Open (OpenID)

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  7. ^ Blue Dot Inc. (2006-09-14). Blue Dot Continues to Change the Way People Share with Friends. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
  8. ^ Bolt acquires UK SMS text messaging company Fonepark
  9. ^ Quantcast ratings for broadcaster.com. February 2007.
  10. ^ Quantcast ratings for buzznet.com.
  11. ^ http://www.cardomain.com/
  12. ^ Care2 statistics, Care2 Homepage. Accessed 10 May 2007.
  13. ^ The View article, Take a Second Chance with that First Love. February 1, 2006.
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  15. ^ Couchsurfing.com, [4]. 6 April 2007.
  16. ^ Business Week article, E-Society: My World Is Cyworld. September 26, 2005.
  17. ^ DeadJournal, DeadJournal.com statistics. 10 August 2006.
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  35. ^ Homepage: Usercount is available to logged-in members
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  38. ^ http://www.imeem.com/
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  53. ^ Members' Homepage (you must be a logged in member to view usercount). Accessed 04 June 2007.
  54. ^ Web generation preserves memories online. 25 June 2006.
  55. ^ Facebox Corporate Pages, accessed 2 May 2007.
  56. ^ http://www.nexopia.com/
  57. ^ Orkut Homepage (Count based on number of people available in primary network as of 13 June 2007).
  58. ^ http://www.passado.com/index.aspx
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  60. ^ Press-release MTG/Playahead acquisition, 9 January 2007
  61. ^ ProfileHeaven Press Release, Profileheaven to Appoint Paul Myers to Board. March 18, 2006.
  62. ^ Only page visits recorded, not usercount. Accessed 5 April 2007.
  63. ^ Business Wire, April 16, 2007 Reunion.com Receives $25M Funding From Oak Investment Partners
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  72. ^ http://www.thedollpalace.com/
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  74. ^ http://www.travbuddy.com
  75. ^ http://www.travellerspoint.com/stats.cfm
  76. ^ browse people. Retrieved on 17 January 2007. Open to members only
  77. ^ Twitter homepage. Retrieved on 7 April 2007.
  78. ^ http://vampirefreaks.com/
  79. ^ About Us page. 2 May 2007.
  80. ^ Profiles featured on http://www.webbiographies.com/ front page are a sample, and not a complete list of members--as per email from Web Biographies' staff.
  81. ^ WPXI article, Warnings Issued For Popular Web Site. July 21, 2005.
  82. ^ Pressrelease Over 2 million members on XING. 17 April 2007.
  83. ^ Xuqa, Xuqa homepage. April 13, 2006.
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